ADAPT KESHANAR

Noncommercial Third-Party World Adaptation Policy

Want to run Keshanar using MÖRK BORG?
Universal Game Engine?
Pathfinder?
Daggerheart?
Your own house rules?
Some obscure rules system etched onto a clay tablet and discovered beneath a ruined temple?

Excellent.

Orthane Productions allows fans and independent creators to create and share free, noncommercial adaptations of The Kingdom of Keshanar for other tabletop roleplaying game systems, subject to the terms below.

Keshanar is not a game system.

It is a setting, mythology, history, pantheon, collection of characters, creatures, locations, stories, artwork, and original intellectual property owned or controlled by Orthane Productions, Inc.

This policy allows you to adapt that world for use with another game system.
It does not grant you rights to that system.
It also does not grant commercial rights to Keshanar.

WHAT YOU MAY ADAPT

You may create free, noncommercial adaptations of Keshanar content for use with another tabletop roleplaying game system.

This may include adapting:

Creatures and adversaries
Playable species and character options
Gods, religions, and divine powers
Spells and magical abilities
Magic items and equipment
Locations and settlements
Adventures and campaigns
Encounters and quest hooks
Nonplayer characters
Factions and organizations
Cultural and historical material
Other gameable elements from The Kingdom of Keshanar

You may translate these elements into the mechanics and terminology of another game system, provided you comply with this policy and all applicable rules imposed by that system’s owner.

This policy does not transfer ownership of any Orthane Productions intellectual property.

It provides limited permission to use qualifying Keshanar material within free, noncommercial adaptations.

FOLLOW THE TARGET SYSTEM’S RULES

Orthane Productions can give you permission to adapt Keshanar.

We cannot give you permission to use someone else’s game system.

You are solely responsible for following the current third-party publishing, compatibility, trademark, community-content, and licensing rules of the system you choose.

This includes all applicable:

Licenses
System reference documents
Compatibility policies
Community-content program rules
Trademark restrictions
Logo and trade-dress requirements
Attribution requirements
Required legal notices
Content restrictions
Marketplace and platform rules

A Keshanar adaptation for MÖRK BORG must comply with the applicable MÖRK BORG third-party rules.

A Keshanar adaptation for Universal Game Engine must comply with the applicable rules established by Chaosium or any authorized licensing or community-content program.

Permission from Orthane Productions does not override another publisher’s restrictions.

You must comply with both this policy and the rules of the target game system.

When their requirements conflict, you may not publish the adaptation unless all relevant rights holders provide written approval.

FREE USE ONLY

This public policy permits free, noncommercial adaptations only.

You may not sell, monetize, crowdfund, license, bundle, subscribe-gate, advertise through, or otherwise commercially exploit an adaptation of Keshanar without a separate written agreement with Orthane Productions, Inc.

Commercial rights exist only after a written contract has been signed by Orthane Productions and the creator or publisher.

Commercial use includes:

Selling printed or digital products
Using pay-what-you-want pricing
Distributing material through a paid membership
Crowdfunding the work
Receiving sponsorship or advertising revenue connected to the work
Selling virtual-tabletop modules or assets
Including Keshanar material in a paid bundle
Charging admission or access fees
Using the adaptation to promote paid products or services
Licensing the adaptation to another person or publisher
Manufacturing or selling merchandise
Accepting compensation for access to the adaptation

Calling something “fan-made,” “unofficial,” or “independent” does not make a commercial product noncommercial.

Coins remain coins, even when placed beneath a tasteful scarab.

COMMERCIAL ADAPTATIONS

Creators interested in publishing a commercial Keshanar adaptation must contact Orthane Productions before publication.

A commercial proposal should include:

The creator’s or publisher’s name
A description of the proposed product
The target game system
The Keshanar content being adapted
The intended format
The proposed retail price
The planned distribution channels
The requested artwork or brand assets
The expected publication date

Submitting a proposal does not grant permission.

Orthane Productions may approve, reject, or negotiate any commercial proposal at its discretion.

No commercial rights are granted until a separate written agreement has been signed by Orthane Productions and the creator or publisher.

ARTWORK AND IMAGES

Artwork, maps, illustrations, graphic elements, page decorations, symbols, and other images published by Orthane Productions are not automatically included in this policy.

Creators may request written permission to use images owned or controlled by Orthane Productions, including images appearing in The Kingdom of Keshanar and other Orthane Productions publications.

Each image must be specifically approved by Orthane Productions before it is used.

Permission may be subject to conditions involving:

The specific images authorized
The named publication or project
Commercial or noncommercial use
Print, digital, promotional, or virtual-tabletop use
Image cropping, alteration, or adaptation
Artist attribution
Copyright notices
Placement
Resolution and file format
Territory
Duration
Fees, royalties, or other compensation

Permission to use one image does not authorize the use of any other image.

Permission to use an image in a free adaptation does not authorize its use in a commercial edition.

Commercial use of Orthane Productions artwork must be expressly included in the creator’s separate commercial licensing agreement.

You must include any artist credits or copyright notices provided by Orthane Productions.

No Orthane Productions image may be used to train, fine-tune, test, or develop an artificial-intelligence or machine-learning system.

REQUIRED COPYRIGHT AND ATTRIBUTION NOTICE

Every adaptation must include the following notice in a reasonably prominent location, such as the credits page, legal notices page, title-page reverse, or inside cover:

The Kingdom of Keshanar, Keshanar, and all related setting material, characters, creatures, locations, terminology, maps, artwork, and other original content are © Orthane Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission under the Keshanar Noncommercial Third-Party World Adaptation Policy.

Where Orthane Productions provides a different copyright notice for a particular image or asset, that specific notice must also be included.
The creator must provide all additional credits required by Orthane Productions, including applicable artist, writer, cartographer, designer, and contributor credits.

The copyright and attribution notice may not be removed, obscured, materially altered, or presented in a manner suggesting that the creator owns the underlying Keshanar intellectual property.

The adaptation must also include every copyright, trademark, attribution, disclaimer, and compatibility notice required by the owner of the target game system.

REQUIRED INDEPENDENT-PRODUCTION NOTICE

Every adaptation must also include the following notice:

This is an independent, noncommercial adaptation of The Kingdom of Keshanar created by [CREATOR NAME] for use with [GAME SYSTEM]. It is not an official Orthane Productions publication and is not endorsed, sponsored, approved, or produced by Orthane Productions, Inc.

This notice must appear in a reasonably prominent location within the publication.

COMPATIBILITY CLAIMS

You may accurately describe your work as:

“Compatible with The Kingdom of Keshanar”
“A third-party Keshanar adaptation”
“An unofficial adaptation of The Kingdom of Keshanar for [GAME SYSTEM]”
“Requires The Kingdom of Keshanar”
“Inspired by The Kingdom of Keshanar”

You may not state or imply that your publication is:

An official Orthane Productions release
Approved or endorsed by Orthane Productions
Canonical Keshanar material
Produced in partnership with Orthane Productions
Written, edited, or supervised by the Keshanar creative team

The title of your publication must be sufficiently distinct from the titles of official Orthane Productions products.

You may not use Keshanar, The Kingdom of Keshanar, or Orthane Productions as the name of your company, publishing imprint, website, product line, or commercial service.

LOGOS AND BRANDING

You may not use:

The Orthane Productions logo
An official Keshanar logo
Official trade dress
Official product layouts
Brand marks
Compatibility logos
Promotional graphics

unless Orthane Productions grants express written permission.

Any authorized logo or brand asset must be used exactly as supplied and in accordance with any accompanying instructions.

Authorized logos may be resized proportionally but may not otherwise be altered without written permission.

YOUR WORK MUST BE YOUR WORK

You may quote or reproduce limited portions of Keshanar material when reasonably necessary for rules conversion, reference, or gameplay.

You may not:

Republish The Kingdom of Keshanar in whole or substantial part
Reproduce large sections of Orthane Productions text
Create a substitute for purchasing an official Orthane Productions product
Distribute original production files
Distribute high-resolution artwork or extracted book assets
Reproduce official page layouts or trade dress
Sell or redistribute Orthane Productions artwork separately
Present copied Keshanar text as your own writing
Use Orthane Productions content in an artificial-intelligence training dataset
Publish a commercial adaptation without a signed contract

Your adaptation must contain meaningful conversion, organization, commentary, new mechanics, original writing, or other creative contribution.

Simply copying Keshanar material into a different document is not adaptation.

It is archaeology with worse paperwork.

CONTENT RESTRICTIONS

Material published under this policy may not:

Promote hatred or discrimination against protected groups
Encourage real-world violence, abuse, or harassment
Contain unlawful material
Infringe another party’s copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other rights
Present racist caricatures or dehumanizing representations as authentic Egyptian history or culture
Use Orthane Productions intellectual property in pornography
Use Orthane Productions intellectual property to promote political candidates, political parties, religious organizations, or ideological movements
Deliberately misrepresent or damage the Orthane Productions or Keshanar brands

Dark fantasy, horror, violence, villainy, mature themes, and terrible decisions by fictional people are not automatically prohibited.

Keshanar is an adventure setting, not a monastery gift shop.

Orthane Productions retains the right to determine whether a publication violates these restrictions.

OWNERSHIP

Orthane Productions retains all rights in:

The Kingdom of Keshanar
The Keshanar setting and lore
Official Orthane Productions publications
Official characters, locations, creatures, deities, terminology, artwork, maps, and designs
Orthane Productions trademarks, logos, and brand assets

You retain ownership of your original contributions, including your original writing, mechanics, characters, artwork, and layouts, subject to Orthane Productions’ ownership of the underlying Keshanar material incorporated into them.

Your use of Orthane Productions material does not transfer ownership of that material to you.

NO EXCLUSIVITY

This policy is nonexclusive.

Orthane Productions may create, authorize, license, or publish material similar to your adaptation.

Other creators may adapt the same Keshanar concepts, locations, creatures, characters, or source material.

Similarity alone does not establish that Orthane Productions or another authorized creator copied your work.

NO IMPLIED APPROVAL OR COMMERCIAL RIGHTS

Orthane Productions’ decision to share, mention, link to, review, discuss, or otherwise acknowledge a third-party adaptation does not:

Make the adaptation official
Establish canon
Constitute endorsement
Grant commercial rights
Waive any provision of this policy
Create a partnership or business relationship
Replace the need for a separate written agreement

Silence, inaction, informal conversation, verbal encouragement, or social-media interaction does not constitute permission for commercial use.

Only a written agreement signed by an authorized representative of Orthane Productions, Inc. can grant commercial rights.

NO WARRANTY

This policy is provided without warranties.

You are responsible for your adaptation, its legal compliance, its production, its distribution, and any claims arising from it.

Orthane Productions is not responsible for your compliance with the rules of another publisher, marketplace, crowdfunding platform, printer, distributor, or virtual-tabletop provider.

TERMINATION

Orthane Productions may revoke your rights under this policy if you violate its terms.

If notified of a violation, you must promptly stop producing, distributing, displaying, and promoting the noncompliant material unless Orthane Productions provides an opportunity to correct the violation.

Orthane Productions may revise or discontinue this policy.

Unless otherwise stated, a revision will not retroactively terminate permissions properly exercised under an earlier version, provided the adaptation remains compliant with the version under which it was released.

THE SIMPLE VERSION

You may adapt Keshanar to another game system and share the adaptation for free.

You must follow the other system’s rules.

You must credit Orthane Productions and include the required copyright notice.

You must ask before using Orthane Productions artwork or logos.

You need a signed contract before making money.

Now open the gates.

Keshanar Noncommercial Third-Party World Adaptation Policy

Licensing and permission inquiries:

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